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OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
इत्यमादिश्य राजानं हरिरन्तरधीयत।
सोऽन्ववैचत तं कालं चिन्तयन्मत्स्यरूपिणः ॥
 
Having directed the king thus, Lord
Hari vanished. The king awaited that
time, contemplating the Lord in the guise
of the Fish.
 
ततः समुद्र उद्वेलः सर्वतः प्लावयन्महीम् ।
वर्धमानो महामेधैर्वर्षद्भिस्समदृश्यत ॥
 
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Then the ocean was seen to rise as a
result of huge clouds pouring down, and
over-flow the coast and flood the earth
all around.
 
ध्यायन्भगवदादेशं दहशे नावमागताम् ।
तमारुरोह विप्रेन्द्रैरादायौषधिवीरुधः ॥
 
While he was contemplating the com-
mand of the Lord, Satyavrata beheld the
boat approach. Taking the medicinal
herbs and other creepers, he got into it
along with the best Brahmins.
 
सोऽनुध्यातस्ततो राज्ञा प्रादुरासीन्महार्णवे ।
एकशृङ्ग घरो मत्स्यो हैमो नियुतयोजनः ॥